Integrated Acoustic Design · Australia-wide
Great projects succeed through better acoustic design.
Approval. Certainty. Projects that get built. We bring acoustics into your development from the first sketch — designing quieter, smarter and more cost-effective outcomes across Australia.
- Quieter, compliant outcomes
- Practical, cost-effective controls
- Measured, defensible reporting
1,000+
projects completed since 2009
35+
years of combined acoustic consulting experience
National
projects delivered across Australia
Expert
witness · SAT & court matters
Why EcoAcoustics
We are not a report factory. We are recognised environmental acoustics experts with a defined methodology — one that turns acoustics from a late-stage compliance hurdle into a design advantage. The result is projects that win approval, hold up under scrutiny, and cost less to build.
Trusted by local governments across Australia and relied upon for more than 1,000 monitored events since 2009.
Integrated Acoustic Design
Our philosophy
Acoustics built into the design from the first sketch.
Services
What we do
Eight specialist domains, end-to-end across Australia.
Case Studies
The proof
Smarter design outcomes on real projects.
Knowledge Centre
The authority
Australia’s environmental noise resource.
01 · Integrated Acoustic Design
Our philosophy
For decades, acoustics has been bolted on at the end as a compliance exercise. We don’t believe that’s how it should work. We build acoustic performance into the design from the very beginning.
Rather than asking how do we reduce the noise, we ask how can we achieve the same outcome through better design?
01
Design first. Acoustics always.
The best outcomes come when architecture, services and acoustics are developed together.
02
Understand before recommending.
Every noise source has a cause. We measure, model and observe before we treat.
03
Practical over expensive.
The objective is the most effective solution — rarely the largest one.
04
Design for people.
Acoustic engineering should support how a place is used, not compete with it.
The people
The faces of EcoAcoustics
The methodology is only as good as the people behind it. Our work is led by specialists who have spent their careers in the field.
Event & Entertainment Specialist
Francis Prendergast
15+ years experience
Major festival specialist. Leads concert and event noise management, monitoring and modelling across Australia.
Environmental Specialist
Rebecca Ireland
30+ years experience
Three decades in acoustics. Leads environmental noise assessment, modelling and expert evidence.
We model the physics, then design to it.
Move the receiver and add a barrier, and watch the level at the home respond the way the physics dictate — a simple picture of the principles behind the noise modelling we run on every project.
Doubling the distance from a point source drops the level ~6 dB. A solid barrier breaking line-of-sight can give ~10 dB. Vegetation? Effectively nothing — we say it almost weekly.
Illustrative point-source model, for explanation only — not a substitute for a site-specific assessment.
Want to explore the numbers yourself? Try our free noise calculators.
02 · Services
Specialist services, end-to-end
Six specialist domains, each led by consultants who work in it every week. Visit the Services hub to see who each is for, when it applies, and what you’ll receive.
01
Environmental Noise
Assessment, monitoring and reporting against assigned levels and the Noise Regulations.
02
Planning & Development
Development assessments Australia-wide — road, rail and aircraft noise, childcare centres, car washes, motorsport and go-kart venues, mixed-use and subdivision.
03
Transport Noise
Road, rail and freight noise modelling, barrier design and traffic noise prediction.
04
Event & Entertainment
Concert and festival noise management, plans, real-time monitoring and modelling.
05
Industrial Noise
Plant, process and premises assessment under the Noise Policy for Industry.
06
Expert Witness
Independent acoustic evidence for SAT, court and planning panel matters.
Who we work with
The same expertise, framed for your role
03 · Case Studies
Smarter design, not more concrete
Smarter design instead of more concrete
- Challenge: a NSW car wash proposed a second wash bay and longer hours.
- Method: detailed acoustic noise modelling against the NSW Noise Policy for Industry.
- Outcome: compliant without the suggested roof — simpler design, lower cost.
Practical controls at a working timber mill
- Challenge: plant and process noise from an operating mill near sensitive receivers.
- Method: source-by-source measurement and assessment under the Noise Policy for Industry.
- Outcome: targeted controls achieved compliance without halting production.
Keeping a resources operation compliant
- Challenge: mobile plant and haulage noise reaching distant sensitive receivers.
- Method: attended and unattended monitoring with 3D acoustic noise modelling.
- Outcome: practical operational controls kept the site compliant and productive.
04 · Knowledge Centre
Australia’s environmental noise resource
Plain-English explainers on assessments, regulations and event noise — written for planners, councils, lawyers and anyone who has just been asked for a noise report.
Acoustic modelling specialists
1,000+ events monitored
Real-time event monitoring
Expert witness · SAT & court
25+ years experience
Tell us about your project.
Send the brief, the drawings, or just the problem. We’ll come back with a clear, fixed-scope proposal — usually within two business days.
Email: info@ecoacoustics.com.au
Phone: 0427 388 876 or 0409 686 492
Coverage: Australia-wide
Response: < 2 business days